TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study of A1 pulley compliance
AU - Tung, Wen Lin
AU - Zhao, Chunfeng
AU - Yoshii, Yuichi
AU - Amadio, Peter C.
AU - Su, Fong Chin
AU - An, Kai Nan
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from Mayo Foundation .
Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Background: Trigger finger is most common in the ring finger, but the reason for this is not known. We hypothesized that the compliance of the A1 pulley might be one of the factors responsible for this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare the compliance of the normal A1 pulley of the thumb, index, middle, ring and little fingers using human cadavers. Methods: Eight normal thumbs, index, middle, ring and little fingers from eight fresh frozen human hand cadavers were used in this experiment. The compliance of the A1 pulley was measured by the resistance when passing a tapered metal rod through the A1 pulley. The slopes of the linear region of radial force/increasing area ratio curve were calculated and analyzed. Findings: The mean slope of the linear region of the radial force/increasing area ratio curve was significantly different among the five digits (p < 0.05). Post hoc analysis indicated that the mean slope for the middle finger A1 pulleys was larger than the thumb and little finger A1 pulleys (p < 0.05). Interpretation: The findings did not support our clinical hypothesis that A1 pulley stiffness would parallel the relative frequency of trigger finger by digit.
AB - Background: Trigger finger is most common in the ring finger, but the reason for this is not known. We hypothesized that the compliance of the A1 pulley might be one of the factors responsible for this phenomenon. The purpose of this study was therefore to compare the compliance of the normal A1 pulley of the thumb, index, middle, ring and little fingers using human cadavers. Methods: Eight normal thumbs, index, middle, ring and little fingers from eight fresh frozen human hand cadavers were used in this experiment. The compliance of the A1 pulley was measured by the resistance when passing a tapered metal rod through the A1 pulley. The slopes of the linear region of radial force/increasing area ratio curve were calculated and analyzed. Findings: The mean slope of the linear region of the radial force/increasing area ratio curve was significantly different among the five digits (p < 0.05). Post hoc analysis indicated that the mean slope for the middle finger A1 pulleys was larger than the thumb and little finger A1 pulleys (p < 0.05). Interpretation: The findings did not support our clinical hypothesis that A1 pulley stiffness would parallel the relative frequency of trigger finger by digit.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.02.010
M3 - Article
C2 - 20363060
AN - SCOPUS:77952546119
SN - 0268-0033
VL - 25
SP - 530
EP - 534
JO - Clinical Biomechanics
JF - Clinical Biomechanics
IS - 6
ER -